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! ! I i T urfographs OCCASIONAL From Here and Abroad Maj. Noel Furlong was the recipient of a congratulatory message from his majesty King Edward VTJI. over the success of his horse Reynoldstown in the Grand National Steeplechase, and the story is told that the major, desiring to be sure of the correct, manner of answering, called Buckingham Palace and asked to talk to the Kings secretary. After explaining his wishes the major was almost flabbergasted to learn that it was the king himself to whom he had been talking, who made it known that it was a decided weakness on his part to answer his own telephone. G. H. Bostwick, the well known and capable amateur rider, was quite proud of his feat of finishing the course on his own horse, Castle Irwell, in the difficult Grand National, and said he wanted another try at it. Pete remarked after the race, "Ive seen a lot of funny things and a lot of tough luck in the Grand National, but Davy Jones misfortune was about the worst break I ever heard of." Overcoat, winner of the 1936 Lincolnshire Handicap, first of the big fixtures of the English flat season, is owned by the South African sportsman, H. L. Selby, and trained by another South African, James Russell. This five-year-old son of Apron The Beg-I gar, finished fourth in the 1935 Lincolnshire. Thirty-four started in this years race, and three horses fell during the running, Tom Bowling being destroyed. The American-owned Boethius, property of Ralph Strass-burger of New York, finished second, beaten a head. Morgan D. Blair, American trainer for the late Michael E. Stephens, English ink magnate, was well remembered in the will of his employer. He was bequeathed all of the Stephens horses, except two to be selected by Mrs. Stephens, together with 0,000 in cash and an annuity of ,000.
